Re: help: gnome won't run

[Tim Lewis <tlewis digaudio com>]

David,
I am interested in the correct answer being disseminated to the list. 
What is the solution for users who have dynamically-allocated IPs? 
Also, one correction to the line below has been:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain <machine_name>
<machine_name>.<ISP_Domain_Name>

Is this also a violation?  It has been my understanding that aliasing
localhost is OK to do.  Your comments are appreciated.
Tim



David Ford wrote:
> 
> > > 127.0.0.1  localhost  koala
> 
> I believe those of you looking to this as the answer need to check this for
> correctness.  Many hosts files come with the following heading:
> 
>   # hosts         This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
>   #               mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem.  It is mostly
>   #               used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
>   #               On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
>   #               "named" name server.  Just add the names, addresses
>   #               and any aliases to this file...
>   #
>   # By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@nvg.unit.no> says that 127.0.0.1
>   # should NEVER be named with the name of the machine.  It causes problems
>   # for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^)
> 
> I will vouch for the authenticity of various flavors of `talk' failing if
> the name of the machine is bound to 127.0.0.1.
> 
> As an alternate solution, that is functionally correct, allow your hosts
> file to be modified by your ip-up script if you're using a dynamic dialup
> and if not, assign your hostname to the primary IP of your box.
> 
> -d
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